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PATBNTBD MAY '7, 1 907.

J. J. DANIELS. WINDOW BLIND FASTENER.

APPLIOATIOIT FILED NOV. 21, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1906.

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JOHANN J. DANIELsgoF NEW ROCHELLE, NiiiivfoRK.

WINDOW-BLIND FASTENER. I

Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 344,408.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN J. DANIELS, a subject of Germany, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Blind Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in window-blind fastenings, and consists in the novel features, arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Theiobjectj'of my invention is to provide a strong, neat looking'and efficient windowblind fastening adapted to the limited space present between outside window-screens and blinds, said fastening to be capable of locking the blind inits closed position or in several partly open positions.

Various blind-fastenings adapted to windows having inside screens are well known but these are not, in my experience, adapted to windows having outside screens because of their construction and the limited space left between outside screens and blinds.

My invention resides in a fastening comprising an arm hinged at one end to-a pin which is mounted in a vertical sleeve carried by a bracket secured to the blind, while at which is adapted to a bracket carried by the blind near its free edge and also to anyof a series of metal sockets embedded in the Window sill at the outer side of the screen. The mounting of the fastening arm permits it to have a wide range of movement and enables it to be conveniently manipulated in operating the blind.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to 'the accom- Figure l is an elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of a Window frame equipped with window sashes, an outside screen and an outside blind and provided with blind fastening devices constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 1 Fig.3 is a horizontal section of same, partly broken away, on the dottedline 33 of Fig. 2, the blind being indicated by dotted lines in an open position; Fig. 4. is an enlarged detached vertical section through a portion of the blind, window-sill l and fastening devices on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical section indicating in detail the manner of fastening the hinged end of the fastening-arm to the blind, the section being on the dotted line 55 of Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is a horizontal section though a portion of the window blind and shows a top view, partly broken away, of the hinged end of the fastening-arm and the bracket supporting the same, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detached views, partly in section and partly broken away, illustrating the applicability of the fastening devices to blinds which open toward the right or toward the left, Fig. 8 illustrating the devices as applied toa blind to be pushed open toward the right and Fig. 7 indicating the same applied to a blind intended to be g j pushed open toward the left, the change from the blind opening toward the right to the one opening toward the left involving merely the reversal in position of the supporting bracket for the fastening arm.

In the drawings,]1O designates a Window casing or framing of usual or any suitable Patented. May 7, 1907.

construction, 11 the lower window sash, 12

the upper window *sash, 13 the usual outside screen and14 the blind, which is at the outside ofthe'window and suitably secured by hinges 15 in a well known manner. 7

My invention relates to means for operating and fastening the window blind 14, and the means Lhave designed for this purpose are capable of being confined within the limited space permitted between said blind and the screen 13 and comprise an arm 16 which is at one end secured tothe blind 14 and at the other end carries a pin which is adapted to beplaced in engagement with anyone of a series of sockets provided in the outer'window sill when the blind is open and to engage a bracket carried by the blind and also one of said sockets when the blind is in its closed position.

Upon the lower portion of the inner side of the blind 14, near its hinged edge, I secure by means of screws a bracket 17 formed WiHi a vertical sleeve 18, and this bracket I utilize for supporting the hinged end of the arm 16,

-which arm is a plain flat bar of metal secured at one end upon a pin 19. between the arms at the upper bifurcated end of the post 20 whose lowerportioh is of reduced-diameter and constitutes a vertic in 2,1 which passes through the sleeve 18 an is eld therein by the head of a screw 22 which entersa socket in the lower end of said pin, as shown in Fig.

2 I x I I i h a 'i hat 5, the head of the screw 22 being larger than the bore of the sleeve 18 and engaging the lower end of said pin 21 but not the lower edges of said sleeve. The upper portion of the post has a horizontal diameter about equal to the diameter of the sleeve 18 and bears upon the upper end of said sleeve. The post 20 cannot slip down through the sleeve 18 and the-head of the screw 22 prevents said post from passing upwardly from said sleeve. The pin 21 forming a part of the post 20 is free to turn axially within the sleeve 18, and the hinged end of the arm 16 is free to have a turning action upon the pin 19. The arm 16 is, at its hin ed end, thus carried by the blind 14 and is ee to have a vertical hinge-movement upon the pin 19 and also a horizontal swiveling movement by reason of the mounting of the pin 21 within the sleeve 18, this special mounting of the hinged end of the arm 16 being of special advantage in that it permits the arm 16 while being very firmly secured to have a wide range of movement and also enables the operator to very conveniently actuate the blind, moving the latter inwardly or outwardly by direct pressure applied to the arm 16, this direct pressure being in this instance permitted from the fact that the arm may be turned into the room when the window blind is closed and readily handled in pushing the blind to an open or a partly open position, as well as drawing the blind to its closed position.

The locking end of the arm 16 is provided with a vertical pin 23 which preferably eX- tends both above and below said arm, as shown in Fig. 4, and is slightly tapered to' ward its ends. Upon the window blind, near the lower edge of its inner side, I secure a bracket 24, which is simply an angle-plate provided-in its horizontal member with a vertical opening 25 (Fig. 5) to receive the pin 23 when the blind is in its closed position andalso when said blind is in its full open position or thrown back against the wall, in which latter instance the bracket 24 serves merely as a support for the free end of the arm 16. When the pin 23 is in engagement with the bracket 24 with the blind in its closed position, said pin passes entirely through said bracket and enters a metal socket 26 seated within the window sill directly below said bracket, as shown in Fig. 4, and in this use of the bracket, the latter being in near relation to the upper end of said socket, it serves to aid in securely locking the blind in its closed position.

- provide the window-sill with a series of metal sockets 26 (all sunk into the sill) to receive the lower end of the pin 23 with the blind 14 in the partly open positions in which it may be desired to place the same, said pin being adapted to any of said sockets. The socket 26 which is directly below the bracket vantage.

pin 21 has an extended vertical bearing with-- 24 when the window is closed, may also be utilized to receive the lower end of the pin 23 when the blind isin a partly open position, as I illustrate by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The special mounting of the hinged end of the arm 16 enables said arm to be turned upwardly at an angle and moved horizontally into the room when the blind is in closed position or to be turned completely upsidedown when, for illustration, the blind is in, say, the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and it may be desired to lock the arm 16 in the bracket 24 and shove the blind to its full open position against the side of the wall. When the blind is in its full open position against the side of a wall, the arm 16 may be grasped near its hinged end and again turned upside-down or reversed preparatory to drawing the blind inwardly to its closed position. The arm 16 is thus capable of a very wide range of movement and aflords great convenience in operating the blind The fact that the" arm 16 when turned upwardly at an angle may also have a swiveling motion with the pin 21, without binding against the sleeve 18, is also of ad- It is advantageous also that the in the sleeve 18, since thereby firmness of construction and ease and regularity of movement are secured.

Preferably I extend the pin 23 above and below the arm 16 so that said arm may during its manipulation in the operation of the blind, be turned upside-down or reversed in themanner hereinbefore indicated, and this provision of the double-ended pin 23 also enables the ready use of the arm 16 for either right or left hand blinds. I do not, however, limit my invention in every instance to the extending of the pin 23 above and below the arm 16. v

When it is desired that the fastening devices, as manufactured, may be equally applicable to blinds which open toward the right and those which open toward the left, the sleeve 18 should occupy a central position between the up er and lower edges of the bracket 17, as sffown "in Fi s. 7 and 8, since thereby when the said brac et is turned upside-down to reverse its position in adapting it for use on, for instance, a left-hand blind, as shown in Fig. 7, from its arrangement for a right-hand blind shownin Fig. 8, the upper end of the post 20 may be maintained at its predetermined height. If the bracket 17 in the construction shown in Fig. 5 were reversed to adapt the fastening devices for a blind opening toward the left, the upper end of the post 20 would project unduly above the then upper edge of the bracket 17 due to the fact that the sleeve 18 in Fig. 5 is not disposed equally between the upper and lower'edges of the bracket. It may therefore be preferred in the construc- ICC tion of the bracket 17 to locate the sleeve 18 centrally between the upper and lower edges of the same.

The fastening devices of my invention are not only advantageous in construction but are neat in appearance and adapted to the limited space present between outsidescreens and blinds.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1; A window-blind fastening comprising a securing arm having a locking-pin at its free end, an apertured bracket secured to the blind and adapted to receive said in, a bracket secured to the blind near its ffinged edge and affording a vertical bearing, a vertical post engaging said bearing and adapted to have an axial movement, ,and means hinging said arm to said post, said lockingpin being adapted to engage sockets to be provided in the window-sill; substantially as set forth.

2. A window-blind fastening comprising a securing arm having at its free end a lockingpin projected above and below the arm, an apertured bracket secured to the blind and adapted to receive said pin, a bracket secured to the blind near its hinged edge and affording a vertical bearing, a vertical post engaging said bearing and adapted-to have an axial movement, and means hinging said arm to said post and permitting it to be turned over upside down when required, said locking-pin being adapted to engage sockets to be provided in the window-sill; substantially as set forth.

3. A window-blind fastening comprising a securing arm having a locking-pin at its free end, an apertured bracket secured to the blind and adapted to receive said 11113, a bracket secured to the blind near its ged edge and affording a vertical sleeve bearing, a vertical post mounted to have an axial movement in said bearing and having a bifurcated upper end, and a pin hinging said arm between the members at the upper end of said post, said locking pin being adapted to engage sockets to be provided in the window-sill; substantially as set forth.

4. A window-blind fastening comprising a securing arm having a locking-pin at its free end, an apertured bracket secured to the blind and adapted to receive said in, a bracket secured to the blind near its iinged edge and afi'ording a vertical sleeve bearing, a vertical post mounted to turn axially in said bearing, a headed screw entering a socket in the lower end of said post for securing the same freely within said bearing, and a pin securing said arm in a hinged manner to the upper end of said post, said locking pin being adapted to engage sockets to be provided in the window-sill; substantially as set forth.

- Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 17th day of November A. D. 1906.

J OHANN J. DANIELS.

Witnesses:

HERMAN GUs'row, CHAS. O. GILL. 

